Eleftheria J Lekakis
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4269141 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Eleftheria J Lekakis |
| PRENOMES | Eleftheria J |
| SOBRENOME | Lekakis |
| ASSINATURA | LEKAKIS E J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Sussex |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2080-2997 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2011 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Consumer Activism
Adversaries of advertising
Anti-consumerism is a rich and diverse field of advocacy and activism and has historically been studied in terms of its tactics, representations and ideologies. This paper presents an original contribution to this field through, first, its presentation of primary research conducted among subvertising practitioners in an international context. Subvertising (aka culture jamming) can be both a movement and a set of tactics used by movements. As an e…
Political Consumerism in Southern Europe
This chapter provides a comparative historical analysis of the evolution of political consumerism in Southern European countries (Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Greece), discussing the breadth of scholarship and identifying positive and negative forms of political consumerism with reference to ethical and political uses of the market. Despite the fact that political consumerism appears to be less diffuse in Southern Europe when compared with Northwe…
Political Consumerism and Nationalist Struggles in Europe
This chapter explores the intersection between political consumerism and nationalism through three cases of nationalist struggles in Europe. It outlines how political consumerism can and has been used for democratically dubious purposes and argues that political consumerism can also lend itself to politics that are not always progressive. First, the chapter theorises political consumerism and nationalism through questioning the ideological basis …
Banal Nationalism and Consumer Activism
The hashtag #BoycottGermany provides an opportunity for the exploration of the relationship between banal nationalism and consumer activism against austerity in the context of the Eurozone crisis. It examines theories of banal nationalism and everyday nationhood and their intersection with consumption. Through an analysis of the hashtag, this chapter illustrates how responses to the crisis by transnational activists often employ national frames t…
Culture jamming and Brandalism for the environment
This article explores creative activism for environmentalism through an examination of culture jamming. Specifically, it looks to the action of the Brandalism project during COP21. This was the replacement of bus stop advertising with original artworks. This form of creative activism is unique in that it addresses the advertising industry as a key battlefield over cultural meaning and environmental sustainability. Through its use of the logic of …
Alternative media ecology and anti-austerity documentary
This article presents the digital archive #greekdocs, a researcher-initiated practice. This work has both a theoretical and a practical aim. Theoretically, it critically analyses and situates alternative media such as independent documentaries within media ecology in times of austerity and argues that in the context of Greek austerity these operate as both journalist and activist practice. Practically, it offers a media resource of independent pr…
Economic nationalism and the cultural politics of consumption under austerity
By nuancing the politics of consumption in the context of austerity, this article highlights the rise of economic nationalism and the reconfiguration of consumer cultures at the aftermath of the global financial crisis. As it argues, in the context of Greece, three types of consumer culture have manifested; these are evoking consumption as resilience, resistance or reinforcement. This work focuses on the latter through the phenomenon of ethnocent…
ICTs and ethical consumption
Will the fair trade revolution be marketised? Commodification, decommodification and the political intensity of consumer politics
This paper brings to the fore a scrutiny of the politicisation of commodities in an exploration of the political promises and potential of ethical or political consumerism and specifically the case of fair trade. The analysis is informed by interviews with ethically consuming citizens which illuminate their concerns, certainties and confusions. I discuss consumer agency in relation to decommodification and branding as detrimental to the political…
The Privacy Advocates
Economic nationalism and the cultural politics of consumption under austerity
By nuancing the politics of consumption in the context of austerity, this article highlights the rise of economic nationalism and the reconfiguration of consumer cultures at the aftermath of the global financial crisis. As it argues, in the context of Greece, three types of consumer culture have manifested; these are evoking consumption as resilience, resistance or reinforcement. This work focuses on the latter through the phenomenon of ethnocent…
Culture jamming and Brandalism for the environment
This article explores creative activism for environmentalism through an examination of culture jamming. Specifically, it looks to the action of the Brandalism project during COP21. This was the replacement of bus stop advertising with original artworks. This form of creative activism is unique in that it addresses the advertising industry as a key battlefield over cultural meaning and environmental sustainability. Through its use of the logic of …
ICTs and ethical consumption
Will the fair trade revolution be marketised? Commodification, decommodification and the political intensity of consumer politics
This paper brings to the fore a scrutiny of the politicisation of commodities in an exploration of the political promises and potential of ethical or political consumerism and specifically the case of fair trade. The analysis is informed by interviews with ethically consuming citizens which illuminate their concerns, certainties and confusions. I discuss consumer agency in relation to decommodification and branding as detrimental to the political…
The Privacy Advocates
Will the fair trade revolution be marketised? Commodification, decommodification and the political intensity of consumer politics
This paper brings to the fore a scrutiny of the politicisation of commodities in an exploration of the political promises and potential of ethical or political consumerism and specifically the case of fair trade. The analysis is informed by interviews with ethically consuming citizens which illuminate their concerns, certainties and confusions. I discuss consumer agency in relation to decommodification and branding as detrimental to the political…
ICTs and ethical consumption
Economic nationalism and the cultural politics of consumption under austerity
By nuancing the politics of consumption in the context of austerity, this article highlights the rise of economic nationalism and the reconfiguration of consumer cultures at the aftermath of the global financial crisis. As it argues, in the context of Greece, three types of consumer culture have manifested; these are evoking consumption as resilience, resistance or reinforcement. This work focuses on the latter through the phenomenon of ethnocent…
Banal Nationalism and Consumer Activism
The hashtag #BoycottGermany provides an opportunity for the exploration of the relationship between banal nationalism and consumer activism against austerity in the context of the Eurozone crisis. It examines theories of banal nationalism and everyday nationhood and their intersection with consumption. Through an analysis of the hashtag, this chapter illustrates how responses to the crisis by transnational activists often employ national frames t…
Culture jamming and Brandalism for the environment
This article explores creative activism for environmentalism through an examination of culture jamming. Specifically, it looks to the action of the Brandalism project during COP21. This was the replacement of bus stop advertising with original artworks. This form of creative activism is unique in that it addresses the advertising industry as a key battlefield over cultural meaning and environmental sustainability. Through its use of the logic of …
Alternative media ecology and anti-austerity documentary
This article presents the digital archive #greekdocs, a researcher-initiated practice. This work has both a theoretical and a practical aim. Theoretically, it critically analyses and situates alternative media such as independent documentaries within media ecology in times of austerity and argues that in the context of Greek austerity these operate as both journalist and activist practice. Practically, it offers a media resource of independent pr…
Political Consumerism in Southern Europe
This chapter provides a comparative historical analysis of the evolution of political consumerism in Southern European countries (Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Greece), discussing the breadth of scholarship and identifying positive and negative forms of political consumerism with reference to ethical and political uses of the market. Despite the fact that political consumerism appears to be less diffuse in Southern Europe when compared with Northwe…
Political Consumerism and Nationalist Struggles in Europe
This chapter explores the intersection between political consumerism and nationalism through three cases of nationalist struggles in Europe. It outlines how political consumerism can and has been used for democratically dubious purposes and argues that political consumerism can also lend itself to politics that are not always progressive. First, the chapter theorises political consumerism and nationalism through questioning the ideological basis …
Adversaries of advertising
Anti-consumerism is a rich and diverse field of advocacy and activism and has historically been studied in terms of its tactics, representations and ideologies. This paper presents an original contribution to this field through, first, its presentation of primary research conducted among subvertising practitioners in an international context. Subvertising (aka culture jamming) can be both a movement and a set of tactics used by movements. As an e…
Consumer Activism
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